Churn



UNITED v STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\VILLIAM HOYVEL DAY, OF MORGAN, TEXAS.

CHURN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 435,113, dated August26, 18 90.

Application filed March 22, 1890. enial No. 344,905- (No model) To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM l-IownL DAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mor gan, in the county of Bosque and fitate of Texas, havein vented a new and useful Churn, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in working-body churns.

The object of the present invention is to provide a churn of simple andinexpensive construction adapted to convert the cream rapidly andeconomically into butter at the expense of but a small amount of labor.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described,illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a churn constructedin accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a central ver ticaltransverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a.

vertical longitudinal sectional view. is a detail View of the dasher.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates the body'of thechurn, which is provided with a curved bottom 2 and rounded ends 3, andwhich is designed to be placed upon the floor or ground and be rocked orvibrated to throw the cream up the curved side and have the rounded ends3 direct the same toward the center. The body of the churn consists ofthe bottom 2, which is curved and approximately semicircular, and whichhas rounded ends 3, that are slightly curved upon it to form the top atthe ends of the churn and the sides 4, which are secured to the bottom2, and the horizontal top portion that connects the curved ends of thebottom and that may, if desired, be constructed integral with the strip,forming the curved bottom and rounded ends; but the said strip ispreferably c011- structed of sections suitably secured together. Thechurn is designed to be rocked or vibrated to convert the cream intobutter, and is provided upon its bottom with wires 6, that are curvedand conform to the configuration of the bottom and are designed toactasrockers to pre vent the bottom of the churn coming in contact with thesupporting-surface and being worn or otherwise injured, and the saidwire strips have their ends slightly coiled to act as stops Fig. 4

to limit the vibratory motion of the churn body, and by being coiledthey are capable of a slight spring, which prevents inj nry to the 5 5churn-body should they receive a sudden blow. The churn-body is providedat each end with a handle 8, that enables the body to be readily graspedand operated. The churn body is divided by partitions 9 and 10, that aresimilar in shape to the sides 4, and are arranged a short distance fromthe sides to provideWater-compartments, which have an inlet opening 12,and which enable the cream to be warmed and maintained at any desiredtemperature to facilitate churning, and the two compartments communicateat the bottom of the churn by a space formed by a transverselyarrangedpartition 13, which is bentlongitudt nally at an angle and has its apexextending across the body of the churn to form a support for a dash er14, that has its sides provided with grooves 15 to engage ribs 16, thatare formed by plates oppositely secured to the inner faces of thepartitions 9 and 10. The dasher 14: consists of a series of blades orbars, that are preferably formed integral with the top portion 16*. Thecream, after passing up the curved sides of the bottom, is directed in avortex by the curved ends 3 and then falls to the bottom of the churn,and is directed by the inclined sides of the transverse partition 13against the sharp edges of the dasher-blad es and forced through thenarrow spaces between them to the other side of the churn, where theoperation is repeated. By this means the cream is rapidly converted intobutter. 1

The horizontal top portion of the churnbody is provided with arectangular opening to provide an entrance for the cream, and theopening has a vertical flange 17, in which fits a cover 18, and thechurn-body is provided at one end with an outlet-opening 19 to enablethe liquid remainingin after churning to be read- 5 ily drawn from thechurn, and the Watercompartments are also provided with anegress-opening to permit the warm water to be quickly removed afterchurning.

hat I claim is A churn-body having a curved bottom and rounded ends andconsisting of the bottom, the sides 4, the partitions 9 and 10, similarto the sides and arranged adjacent to the latter and formingwater-compartments, the trans- In testimony that I claim the foregoingas verse partition 13, providing a commnnicamy own I have hereto affixedmy signature in 10 tion between the water-compartments and presence oftwo Witnesses.

being formed by a plate bent longitudinally T at an angle and having itsapex extending VILLIAM DAL across the body of the churn, and the dasher\Vitnesses:

arranged above the partition and suitably se- WM. GILPIN,

cured. in place, substantially as described. J. A. MOGEHEE.

